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Create a task from an email

You can quickly create a task from any email by using More > Add to Tasks

To create a new task from an email, click on the More button which appears when you select or view an email and choose "Add to Tasks" from the drop down menu. The task you create will have a "related email" link so you can easily refer back to the email.

You can also use this method to create an Event from an email (GMail needs to recognise some calendar details - date, time etc), or you can create a Google Doc (if you switch the Create a Document lab on).

Comments/Feedback

Anne O'Donnell

I have 5000 emails and want to delete a load!!! How do I group them by sender and delete great swathes of old e mails by sender?

26 April at 10:57 • Reply to this comment • Edit

Mark Williams Hi Anne, You can't "group" by sender, but you can search for emails from a person - and then archive or delete them all.

26 April at 14:18 • Edit

Anne O'Donnell

I have 5000 emails and want to delete a load!!! How do I group them by sender and delete great swathes of old e mails by sender?

26 April at 10:57 • Reply to this comment • Edit